Well fortunately the little bugger was too scared to move very much, or I wouldn't have dared to run the PC until I was sure he was out of it. Even after leaving the side off for 24 hours, with lights out, and door closed so the cat couldn't pester him, he still didn't leave till I went after him with the paintbrush. When I got this PC, I didn't really care that the side was glass, and you could see into it. Imagine what strange things I would have heard, and not known what was inside, if I couldn't see into the tower.

Well I don't really know for sure, but he would fit through the spaces in the grill over the fan. He was really very tiny, maybe 4" overall length, but only a 1/4- 1/3" wide, less than the width of a pencil. If he worked one arm in at a time, he could fit easily through that. I just don't know why. Even when the PC is off, there are a couple of tiny lights that blink off and on, and maybe he thought they were bugs?! Maybe I need to get some screens for the fans.

I live in Florida, as well, waaaay out in the woods, and we are definitely at the beginning of Invasion Season!

FairyG - the seasons are changing and the critters are looking for somewhere that will be warm when the air gets a bit chilly. Unortunately houses fit the bill as the new environment, and a PC tower looks like a lovely living module...complete with its own heat source!